Category Archives: News
Contracts, disc golf and rescheduling all up for discussion during Emporia City Commission study meeting Wednesday
Continued discussions on updates to city sanitary lift station #2 will highlight the Emporia City Commission's upcoming study session Wednesday morning. Commissioners will discuss a construction servi...
Oct 26, 2021 Pictured from left to right: Emporia City Commissioners Jon Geitz, Susan Brinkman, Danny Giefer, Becky Smith and Rob Gilligan. KVOE News File Photo.
Greenwood County deputies make arrests connected to burglaries in Hamilton, Quincy, Virgil areas
Greenwood County deputies have arrested two people after reports of burglaries across the north half of the county. Deputies say they executed a search warrant at a currently unspecified address in Ha...
Oct 26, 2021 Greenwood County Sheriff's Office logo. KVOE News file photo.
Emporia Police investigating after reported hit-and-run wreck sends adult, child to Newman Regional Health
Emporia Police are looking for a vehicle allegedly involved in a hit-and-run incident in northwest Emporia shortly after school let out. The wreck was reported in the 2300 block of Industrial at aroun...
Oct 25, 2021 Emporia Police investigate a reported hit-and-run injury crash near Walmart on Monday as Emporia Fire tends to two people who were later taken to Newman Regional Health for treatment. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health worried about slow increase in vaccination percentages
The pace of COVID-19 vaccinations hasn't been robust for months, and the current percentages of unvaccinated residents per county has several public health officials concerned about what may develop. ...
Oct 25, 2021 Kansas Department of health and Environment graphic.
Health Center board of directors holding monthly meeting Tuesday
Finances will garner the majority of attention for the Flint Hills Community Health Center Board of Directors Tuesday. During its monthly meeting, the board will receive the monthly financial report f...
Oct 25, 2021 FHCHC Logo
Deadline looms for residents seeking mail ballots
The 2021 general election is now just about a week away. Two voter processes continue at this time, the in-office advance vote and mail ballots. Lyon County Clerk Tammy Vopat says time is now running ...
Oct 25, 2021 Lyon County Election Office graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Minor increase in new Lyon County cases, dip in active cases reported
A modest increase in Lyon County's COVID-19 caseload and a reduction in active cases highlight Monday's report from Lyon County Public Health. Lyon County announced 15 new cases over the weekend. Acti...
Oct 25, 2021 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
Lyon County roads open up after Saturday's rain
Part of Lyon County's gravel road network has reopened to traffic after heavy rainfall to start this past weekend. The Lyon County Highway Department has opened: *Road J between 100 and 110; between 1...
Oct 25, 2021 KVOE News file photo
Suspect in Monday's theft-and-chase incident also accused of stealing over $320,000 from Oklahoma banks, embezzling over $75,000 from construction firm
The suspect in Monday's incident involving an alleged fuel theft from a KDOT tractor, chase into and out of Emporia and crash into a utility pole is accused of several high-level financial crimes in O...
Oct 25, 2021 Jerry R. Brown.
Lyon County Jail photo.
CORONAVIRUS: ESU employees do not need to be fully vaccinated to meet federal mandate
Employees at several Kansas universities will need to vaccinate against COVID-19, based on federal contract connections. Emporia State University is not on that list. The University of Kansas, Kansas ...
Oct 25, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
